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Failure to include break statements leads to unexpected control flow.
Recommendation | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSC17-C | Medium | Likely | Low | P18 | L1 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrée |
| switch-clause-break | Fully checked | ||||||
| CodeSonar |
| LANG.STRUCT.SW.MB | Missing break | ||||||
| Compass/ROSE |
| MISSING_BREAK | Can find instances of missing break statement between cases in | |||||||
| CC2.MSC17 | Fully implemented | |||||||
| Klocwork |
| MISRA.SWITCH.WELL_FORMED.BREAK.2012 |
| LDRA tool suite |
| 62 S | Fully implemented | ||||||
| Parasoft C/C++test |
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| JSF-193 | Fully implemented | ||||||
| R2016b | Missing break of switch case | No comments at the end of switch case without a break statement | ||||||
| PRQA QA-C |
| 2003 |
| RuleChecker |
| switch-clause-break | Fully checked | ||||||
| SonarQube C/C++ Plugin |
| NonEmptyCaseWithoutBreak |
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